Five Charged In Drug Raid

BOCA RATON -- Five people were arrested early Saturday on charges including sale and possession of cocaine rock and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.

The suspects were arrested at 12:35 a.m. in the 1400 block of Northeast Second Court after police obtained a search warrant to enter the home.

The warrant came after a resident there sold cocaine rocks to an undercover police officer, according to a statement issued by police.

Police recovered 29 cocaine rocks from the previous sale, a sale Saturday and a search of the home.

Arrested on charges of possession of cocaine and sale of cocaine were Roy Lee Griffin, 39, of the 1400 block of Northeast Second Court; John Lovette, 38, of the 100 block of Northeast 10th Street; and John Pompey, 40, of the 1300 block of North Dixie Highway, according to the police report.

Arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia were Katrina Shellman, 29, of the 1300 block of North Dixie Highway, and Gary Shellman, 28, of the 300 block of Northwest Seventh Court in Deerfield Beach.

The arrests were a result of the ongoing undercover operation to combat street-level narcotics, according to the police statement.